|   A Safari Category List, People

Dance Battle: Sukuma Dance Societies

We have a fabulous idea for a surefire-hit movie: Step Up 83: Sukuma Dance Battle To be fair, the Sukuma—a Tanzanian people who...

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  |   A Safari Category List, Wildlife

Hide-and-Go-Birth: The Sneaky Pregnancy of a Lioness

We’ve all heard of someone trying to hide a pregnancy; the entire period-drama genre would implode without the trope. But usual...

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  |   A Safari Category List, People

Bongo Flava: The Rhythm of Tanzania

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  |   A Safari Category List, Wildlife

Neurotics in the Bush: Vervet Monkeys

Photo taken by Thomson Safaris guest, Chris Donovan It’s common to talk about how much we share with primate species; we’re evo...

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  |   A Safari Category List, About/By Thomson Staff

Meet Your Guides: Kumbi Salim

After every safari, we hear from guests that their guide was amazing, and that he “must be the best.” At this point, we’ve hea...

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  |   A Safari Category List, Wildlife

How The Big Five Made The Cut

We tell all our guests to keep an eye out for the “big five” species—lion, rhinoceros, leopard, cape buffalo, and elephant—beca...

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  |   A Safari Category List, History

Tanzania’s Flags

When we think of a nation’s history, particularly an African nation’s, we often think of it as a “before and after” image: on t...

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  |   A Safari Category List, Wildlife

Spin-Cycle: The Great Migration

It’s been called a Natural Wonder of the modern world, immortalized by dozens of nature shows (and one well-known Disney movie)...

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